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Tue 20 Aug 2019

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  The jungle of Rudyard Kipling’s reputation is explored by novelist Frances Hardinge and academic Sue Walsh, chaired by New Generation Thinker Anindya Raychaudhuri.

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• 19:30

  Prom 44: Belshazzar’s Feast

  Royal Albert Hall

  Walton’s choral masterpiece Belshazzar’s Feast gets the Proms treatment with a 300-strong choir conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Before that, the urban landscape of Varèse’s ´¡³¾Ã©°ù¾±±ç³Ü±ð²õ – a portrait of the modern city in sound – meets Koechlin’s sonic jungle.

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  Walton’s choral masterpiece Belshazzar’s Feast gets the Proms treatment with a 300-strong choir conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Before that, the urban landscape of Varèse’s ´¡³¾Ã©°ù¾±±ç³Ü±ð²õ – a portrait of the modern city in sound – meets Koechlin’s sonic jungle.

  Programme

  • • • Charles Koechlin
      • Les bandar-log(16 mins)
    • • Edgard Varèse
      • ´¡³¾Ã©°ù¾±±ç³Ü±ð²õ(25 mins)(original version,1921)
    • • interval
    • • William Walton
      • Belshazzar’s Feast(34 mins)

  Performers

  • Gerald Finley

    baritone
    baritone
  • Orfeó Català
  • Orfeó Català Youth Choir
  • London Symphony Chorus
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Simon Rattle

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Charles Koechlin
  • Edgard Varèse
  • William Walton

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